Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3710

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Apparent agency. The conditions for its establishment: the agent's acting in the principal's name without representative authority; the good faith of the person dealing with the agent, irrespective of the agent's good faith; and an outward appearance of agency attributable to the principal, leading the third party to believe that it exists.
Arabic original
الوكالة الظاهرة. شروط تحققها: عمل الوكيل باسم الموكل دون نيابة. وحسن نية من تعامل مع الوكيل بصرف النظر عن حسن نية الوكيل. ومظهر خارجي للوكالة منسوب للموكل يعتقد الغير معه بقيامها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٤/٨٦ تجاري جلسة ٣١/١٢/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص١٠٤٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 728.

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